@article{ee6da52d8dc94d5a8972d525464592d8,
title = "What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?",
abstract = "Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as {\textquoteleft}pseudoscience{\textquoteright}, which has caused a heated open debate. Here we discuss the case and argue that the theory is indeed unscientific because its core claims are untestable even in principle.",
author = "Karen Yan and Wokke, \{Martijn E.\} and Micha{\l} Wierzcho{\'n} and Thalia Wheatley and Josh Weisberg and Taylor Webb and Sebastian Watzl and Jonas Vibell and Tse, \{Peter U.\} and Frank Tong and Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel and Timo Stein and Hugo Spiers and David Soto and Guillermo Solovey and Smith, \{Barry C.\} and Slagter, \{Heleen A.\} and Juha Silvanto and Joshua Shepherd and Seitz, \{Aaron R.\} and Scott, \{Ryan B.\} and Schwarzkopf, \{D. Samuel\} and Aaron Schurger and Daniela Schiller and Adina Roskies and Ringach, \{Dario L.\} and Geraint Rees and Dobromir Rahnev and Rademaker, \{Rosanne L.\} and Ian Phillips and Peters, \{Megan A.K.\} and Franco Pestilli and David Pereplyotchik and Owen, \{Adrian M.\} and Or, \{Charles C.F.\} and Brian Odegaard and Myrto Mylopoulos and Jorge Morales and Mok, \{Robert M.\} and Dean Mobbs and Mitra, \{Partha P.\} and Miller, \{Kenneth D.\} and Matthias Michel and Janet Metcalfe and Julio Martinez-Trujillo and Machizawa, \{Maro G.\} and Liu, \{Ka Yuet\} and Lin, \{Ying Tung\} and Lieberman, \{Matthew D.\} and Kvamme, \{Timo L.\} and IIT-Concerned",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature America, Inc. 2025.",
year = "2025",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1038/s41593-025-01881-x",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "689--693",
journal = "Nature Neuroscience",
issn = "1097-6256",
publisher = "Nature Research",
number = "4",
}